Chapter 1782: Nightmare Divine Light
Qianye Ying'er's words did not enrage Nanming Shendi. He raised his head, and said with a tone that was seemingly calm yet regretful, "Ying'er, you are the epitome of beauty in this world. In the past, this king would spare no cost or means to obtain you, even if you repeatedly used me and trampled on my dignity, I still found it all the more sweet."
He slowly raised his hand, his palm facing the direction where Qianye Ying'er was, and his voice gradually became drawn out: "No matter how beautiful a thing is, if it can be obtained with ease, it will become dull and tasteless. And you are so perfect, yet so difficult for this king to reach even with every possible means. So, in this world, only you are worthy of driving this king to madness."
"And to personally destroy this perfect thing, is it not... another kind of ultimate tragic beauty?"
He muttered slowly, but the unconscious tightening of his knuckles seemed to reveal that his heart was not as calm and "enjoying" as he appeared.
"Heh." Qianye Ying'er chuckled softly, not deigning to reply.
"Yun Che," Nanming Shendi's fingertip dropped. At this moment, before Yun Che, he displayed an absolutely dominant and proud posture of judgment: "Once the Abyss God Cannon is activated, no power in the world can stop it. You have one last chance for a final word. Of course, you can also roar to your heart's content now, because under the force of 'God Slaying,' you might not even have the chance to scream."
As these words fell, the atmosphere outside the divine altar changed abruptly. The two Abyss Kings and all the Abyss Gods released their auras to protect themselves, and the three Southern Domain Divine Emperors dared not take any lightly, simultaneously erecting barriers of power.
No one had truly witnessed the power of the Abyss God Cannon, but its recorded name of "God Slaying" was enough to chill any living being in the present world at the mere thought.
Far below, the people of Nanming Royal City were already scattering with all their strength under the guidance of numerous Abyss Guards. Although the distance was vast and separated by the Abyss Imperial Barrier, no one could predict how terrifying the residual might of the Abyss God Cannon would be.
Looking down at Nanming Royal City, the Northern Prison Abyss King and the Eastern Prison Abyss King both sighed inwardly. Once the Abyss God Cannon was activated, this sacred land of the Southern Domain, proud for hundreds of thousands of years, would inevitably suffer an incalculable calamity of destruction... But if it could erase the terrifying threat before them, this price, though painful, would be worth it.
Yun Che's arm slowly rose, and the Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword materialized, still releasing a flawless crimson sword light even under the divine might of the Abyss God Cannon.
"Mas...ter..." Yan Yi gritted his teeth and spoke, his body desperately wanting to block in front of Yun Che, but his will could not defy Yun Che's command, so he could only shrink back. And the uncontrollable trembling clearly told him how terrifying the Abyss God Cannon, so close at hand, truly was.
Holding the sword horizontally before him, Yun Che lowered his brows and whispered softly: "The Nanming bloodline will be cut off today, swallowed by endless darkness for eternity, never to enter reincarnation."
"Hahahaha!" Yun Che's words made Nanming Shendi burst into loud laughter, mocking: "This king thought that you, this mad dog of calamity, would utter some extraordinary words before your death. But it turns out you are just like countless common lowly beings, only capable of howling a few pitiful and laughable threats. It seems this king has ultimately overestimated you."
"Heh, enough." Nanming Shendi's pupils dilated, reflecting more golden light, and his raised palm slowly closed: "Yun Che, beneath the ancient divine might of my Nanming, turn into filthy dust!"
Bang!
A not-too-dazzling golden light burst in his palm. The sound was not intense, but it pierced directly into the deepest part of everyone's soul in an instant.
Boom—
At the center of the divine altar, countless profound formations shattered one after another with loud crashes. The space of Nanming began to churn violently, centered on the divine altar, and in an instant, ripples of space spread wildly, as fierce as the raging waves of the sea under a hurricane.
Nanming shook violently, heaven and earth changed color. Beneath the violent shaking of space, the terrified howls of countless Nanming powerhouses rose from the depths of their souls.
The awakened Abyss God Cannon had already made the entire vast star domain tremble. Now it was finally activated. In just the first instant of its divine might, it almost crushed the will of countless Nanming beings, filling their hearts and souls with endless insignificance and fear.
Outside the Nanming Divine Realm, the radiation of spatial tremors continued to spread wildly. Countless stars deviated from their flight paths of ten thousand years, some fragile stars directly collapsed, and neighboring star realms experienced nothing less than landslides and tsunamis, with myriad beings screaming in terror.
"Protect the Young Master!" the Northern Prison Abyss King roared, erecting a massive barrier before him, not daring to relax for a moment. His eyes were fixed on the ancient "beast" above the divine altar that was awakening, not daring to look away for even an instant—as was everyone else. Because this power that transcended boundaries, coming from ancient times, they would never witness a second time in their lives.
"The Abyss God Cannon... is terrifying to this extent!" Xuanyuan Shendi stared in shock, murmuring. Then, as if suddenly sensing something, he fiercely looked up.
Crack!!
The originally bright sky suddenly darkened. In an instant, dark clouds covered the sun, thunder shook the heavens, like the roar of anger or the trembling of fear.
Nanming Shendi looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "See? This is the ancient power of my Nanming, a power that makes even the Heavenly Dao fear. Who in this world can compare? Who deserves to compare? Hahahaha!"
"Father is right!" Nan Qianqiu's body trembled, his blood boiled, and in his heart, there was only endless excitement and ecstasy: "The Abyss God Cannon has finally been unleashed. Under such divine might, who in this world would dare to invade my Nanming!"
Boom boom boom boom—
As the profound formations shattered layer by layer, the divine might of the Abyss God Cannon continued to increase at a terrifying rate. The dark clouds in the sky rolled more violently, thunder roared to the heavens, yet not a single bolt of lightning descended... because the divine might of the Abyss God Cannon had exceeded the domain it could sanction.
Bang!
The last layer of profound formations shattered. The entire divine altar had been swallowed by golden light.
"Die." Nanming Shendi whispered gently, his five fingers suddenly clenched.
In that instant, the spatial tremors suddenly stopped, the thunderclouds ceased rolling, all sounds vanished, and everything in the world seemed to come to a complete standstill.
Only at the center of the divine altar, a golden light that devoured all surrounding colors shot out, like a demon of calamity from ancient times traversing through space and time, pouncing on Yun Che and Qianye Ying'er.
This world always hides many surprises.
Just like the Abyss God Cannon before them.
Yun Che had thought that without Jie Tian Mo Di and Mo Li, power surpassing the boundaries of the present world could only appear on himself. It seemed he had previously underestimated this world, underestimated the Nanming Divine Realm that had dominated the Southern Divine Region for hundreds of thousands of years.
In the very first instant the Abyss God Cannon appeared, Yun Che knew that it lived up to Qianye Wugu's description. Because its power was completely no weaker than when he forcefully opened "Divine Ashes" in the Fen Yue Divine Realm back then.
But this power that transcended the boundaries of the present world... could it transcend the level of the Evil God's power?
The Abyss God Cannon activated, releasing a divine light that seemed capable of destroying the world, reflected in everyone's maximally dilated pupils. And Yun Che, covered by that divine light, had a terrifyingly calm expression on his face, without a trace of fear. After all, the thing this world least made him fear was death.
"Are people in this world too foolish, or am I too insane now?"
With a low murmur, he lightly swung the Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword in his hand, pointing it at the Abyss God's divine light ahead.
Without any warning, the Abyss God's divine light that had released world-shaking divine might and was about to devour Yun Che and the others in the next instant suddenly turned, blasting directly onto the Abyss Imperial Barrier.
Boom!!!!
The Abyss Imperial Barrier that even the three Yan Ancestors together could not break instantly burst into countless cracks under the golden light, then shattered like bubbles. The golden light pierced downward, shooting straight at Nanming Shendi.
This was a scene that Nanming Shendi could never have imagined even in ten lifetimes of nightmares.
The Abyss God Cannon, which he had personally prepared, personally controlled and activated—and only he could activate—had shot at himself the moment it was about to destroy Yun Che!
Even the terrifying pressure firmly crushed down upon his body and soul.
As the Nanming Shendi, his first reaction was to freeze. Everyone froze there... Then came a hoarse roar to the extreme.
"FALL BACK!!!!"
The Abyss Imperial Barrier was after all extremely powerful. Though it could not resist the power of the Abyss God Cannon, it did cause a slight delay. Moreover, the Nanming people had retreated quite far under the terrifying might of the Abyss God Cannon, giving them an extremely brief reaction time in their heart-tearing terror.
Bang!
The Northern Prison Abyss King struck out with a palm, heavily hitting Nan Qianqiu, sending him flying far away. Meanwhile, he used the recoil force to desperately throw himself toward Nanming Shendi—and the direction of the Abyss God Cannon's divine light. Being precisely enveloped by the core divine light of the Abyss God Cannon, even a formidable being like Nanming Shendi felt as if his body had been crushed to powder. He had no time to panic or think, no way to escape. All his power surged forth almost instinctively, protecting himself with a roar.
"Protect Our King!!"
The Eastern Prison Abyss King and the Northern Prison Abyss King, who were not at the core of the power and had a great chance to escape calamity, both let out blood-stained roars. Golden light burst from their bodies like two blazing suns as they actively met the divine light of the Abyss God Cannon.
Bang—
The heavy roar tore apart everyone's stupor and terror. The divine light of the Abyss God Cannon, which was supposed to blast at Yun Che, instead struck Nanming Shendi and the two Abyss Kings.
The First Divine Emperor of the Southern Domain and his two strongest Abyss Kings, under these three supreme forces of the age, the divine light of the Abyss God Cannon slowly came to a halt.
It seemed that the divine might of the Abyss God Cannon had been blocked by them.
But the nightmare for Nanming had only just begun.
"Urgh... AHHHHHH..." In the hands of the Northern Prison Abyss King was the strongest defensive profound artifact of their Nanming Divine Realm. He desperately held up the golden light before him, letting out pained groans.
Ka... ka...
The profound artifact in his hands quickly became covered with cracks, and his bones also shattered inch by inch. Through bloodshot pupils, he clearly saw his hands and arms being swallowed by the golden light, rapidly losing flesh and skin, like snow silently melting.
He had just been shocked by the divine might of the Abyss God Cannon, but he never dreamed that he would be the one to bear it!
"Your Majesty... Go... quickly... Urgh!" The Eastern Prison Abyss King's face was already twisted like a demon, every word he uttered carried immense pain... and deep despair.
They seemed to have briefly halted the power of the Abyss God Cannon, but only those who directly bore this power truly knew how terrifying divine might it was—enough to make a figure standing at the pinnacle of the world despair instantly!
Nanming Shendi's eyes were about to split, and blood gushed from his arms like springs. Of course, he wanted to escape, but under the crushing divine might, he was powerless to do so.
"HAAAAAH!!
A desperate roar sounded. The many Abyss Gods who had been standing by behind Nanming Shendi now charged desperately as well, releasing all their divine power, firmly propping themselves up in front of Nanming Shendi. Those Abyss Gods farther away also rushed over at full speed after their initial shock.
"Ah!!"
The screams pierced the soul. In less than half a breath, the arms of the Eastern Prison Abyss King and the Northern Prison Abyss King were mostly destroyed, leaving only small stumps still painfully supporting. The Abyss Gods at the forefront were already covered in blood in an instant. Their power was enough to overshadow the world, but at this moment, it was so fragile and weak.
Countless blood vessels burst in Nanming Shendi's eyes... Absurd? Weird? Unbelievable? He could find no words to describe what was happening. It was like a sudden nightmare, a nightmare he could not comprehend.
In the distance, Xuanyuan Shendi suddenly flew downward, shouting: "Make a move!"
But immediately, he was grabbed tightly by Ziwei Shendi: "Do you want to die!"
Having reduced two Abyss Kings and a host of Abyss Gods to such a state in an instant, this was definitely a power that even their Divine Emperors could not withstand head-on!
"Help me!" Xuanyuan Shendi instead grabbed Ziwei Shendi and flew downward together.
Ziwei Shendi gritted his teeth tightly, did not struggle, and flew with Xuanyuan Shendi at full speed toward where Nanming Shendi was.
Cang Shitian's face twisted, and he did not move.
Vaguely perceiving the full-speed approach of the two Divine Emperors, the Northern Prison Abyss King's spirit shook, and a bloody roar came from his throat: "S-save... Our... King..."
Xuanyuan Shendi waved his long sleeve, and an ancient gray sword appeared before him. Then, the palms of the two Divine Emperors, Xuanyuan and Ziwei, simultaneously pushed onto the sword body.
Shh!
A gray sword shadow pierced straight into the golden light, carving a narrow path through the space enveloped by the divine might of the Abyss God Cannon.
Pfft!
The gray sword shadow struck Nanming Shendi square in the chest. The vast power from the two Divine Emperors erupted violently on Nanming Shendi's body, tearing a shocking, bloody hole in him... At the same time, it wrenched him out of the core of the Abyss God Cannon's power.